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Research paper thumbnail of Analogue black holes for light rays in static dielectrics

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Propagation of light in nonlinear materials is here studied in the regime of the geometrical opti... more Propagation of light in nonlinear materials is here studied in the regime of the geometrical optics. It is shown that a spherically symmetric medium at rest with some specific dielectric properties can be used to produce an exact analogue model for a class of space-times which includes spherically symmetric and static black hole solutions. The optical model here presented can be a useful tool to reproduce in laboratory the behavior of optical null geodesics near a compact object with an observable gravitational Schwarzschild radius.

Research paper thumbnail of Analogue black holes for light rays in static dielectrics

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Propagation of light in nonlinear materials is here studied in the regime of the geometrical opti... more Propagation of light in nonlinear materials is here studied in the regime of the geometrical optics. It is shown that a spherically symmetric medium at rest with some specific dielectric properties can be used to produce an exact analogue model for a class of space-times which includes spherically symmetric and static black hole solutions. The optical model here presented can be a useful tool to reproduce in laboratory the behavior of optical null geodesics near a compact object with an observable gravitational Schwarzschild radius.

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